"Do You Think the Angels Will Speak Spanish?": Nurses' Experiences of Death in Pediatric Oncology

摘要: Caring for children dying of cancer and families experiencing immense suffering is challenging complex work. Pediatric oncology nurses attend to the physical emotional needs their during illness progression, at moment death, beyond, however, little known about how they themselves are affected, this influences care give. Our intent with philosophical hermeneutic research was add understandings these effects on pediatric support them in component This a part doctoral first author which published online (Morck, 2014), supervised by second author. Fifteen registered were interviewed expand our understanding topic. These data then analyzed according tradition as guided hermeneutics Hans-Georg Gadamer. Findings from revealed struggled navigate ideals nursing versus realities practice when working who may die. called maintain fine balance between personal professional. ontological struggle not absolute but premised shifting continuum based complexity professional beliefs, experiences, expectations. There be reminder that death continues an unfortunate constant work - reality, many ways, society has turned away hidden, reality shaped way experienced within oncology. common middle ground what order sustained remain Research transformative education specifically addresses tension created insufficient end life required feel more comfortable competent ontology dying. necessitates re-conceptualization processed